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(Power Save option adopted by the card). Check Use Constantly Awake Mode
when AC Power is used as long as your PC uses external power supply. This
setting will affect the battery life of the host of the card.
Network Type: Select Infrastructure mode or Ad Hoc mode adopted by this network.
TX Power: Select the transmit power of this card. 100% is recommended.
Preamble: Select the length of the CRC block for communication between the AP
and this card. Make sure to select the appropriate preamble type the same as AP’s.
High network traffic areas should use the shorter preamble type. Auto (follow AP’s
preamble type) selection is recommended. This field is supported only in
Infrastructure mode and currently disabled.
RTS Threshold: Designed to prevent the Hidden Node issue, a problem happens in
the wireless network when two wireless adapters served by the same AP can’t
communicate each other or have collision. Normally, the value of RTS Threshold is
needless to change. The default value is 2312.
Fragment Threshold: Enable to increase the transmission efficiency by split
mechanism. The default value is 2312.
4.8.2 Authentication & Security Tab
Authentication Type
: Select the Authentication type adopted by the network. These
types include None, Shared, WPA and WPA-PSK.
Disable 802.1X: When the above authentication type is None or Shared, the 802.1X
choice is optional. When the above authentication type is WPA, the 802.1X is
compulsory. When the above authentication type is WPA-PSK, the 802.1X is not